Lineage Logistics to build cold storage facility in North Charleston

Lineage Logistics plans to break ground next month on a 340,000-square-foot cold storage distribution facility in the Palmetto Commerce Park, according to a news release.

The temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics company is expected to create more than 80 jobs in Charleston County. This is the company’s first operation in South Carolina.

Lineage’s local operations will expand the Port of Charleston’s refrigerated cargo capacity to export more products from inland markets to global ones. S.C. Ports Authority President and CEO Jim Newsome said recently the port has had a deficit of cold storage as demand for it increases.

Lineage CEO Bill Hendricksen

“The port is experiencing strong growth in the refrigerated container business,” Newsome said in a statement. “The addition of Lineage’s cold storage and blast freezing facility provides Charleston with the increased capabilities necessary to meet the needs of this important cargo segment.”

Lineage Logistics, based in Colton, Calif., will begin construction in July at 7748 Palmetto Commerce Parkway in North Charleston. The site has rail service through Norfolk Southern.

Lineage CEO Bill Hendricksen said the company has been working with state and local officials for over a year to set-up local operations.

“Specific customer needs and comprehensive infrastructure in the world-class Port of Charleston makes this key logistics hub an important addition to our other port-centric facilities on the East Coast,” Hendricksen said in a statement.

The facility will have high-capacity blast freezing and transportation solutions for customers to export proteins to foreign markets. It will also include design features that expedite domestic consumer access to imported products, according to a company statement.

Lineage Logistics is backed by investment firm Bay Grove. The company has facilities in 21 states.